Material written, drawn and printed by Barry Flanagan including notes on his thoughts and for his correspondence, sketches for works, samples and proofs for prints, sculpture plans and templates and laser and rubber stamp drawings.

Photographs, negatives, slides, transparencies, scans and print-out images. Barry Flanagan's original files and, where evident, series have been left in tact and categorised, as far as possible, according to function, subject or type.

Volumes containing sketches, notes, artist's statements and draft letters and faxes in pencil and pen relating to personal and professional matters, some of which include related inserts such as business cards. Many have pages torn out and contain inserted loose sheets.

Barry Flanagan started to print 'funds' in 1969. He used his own printed notes and postal orders numbered and authenticated with a thumb print. They were given in lieu of cash to collaborators and assistants including Charles Harrison, Lucy Lippard, Cheryl Potter, Andrew Dipper and Anthony Stokes. Such notes also featured in works including Thumb Prints, Mirror Prints, Money, 1972. These papers include copies of these notes, with related papers and correspondence.

Date Range

1991

Scope and Content

Sketches and musings in brown pen made while Barry Flanagan was in Santa Eulalia, Ibiza, Spain.

Morphological drawings of base and treble clefs relating to Sculpture for the city of Ghent. Drawing relating to Bes (1990). Drawings related to the Bowler (1990), and to Rugby Sculpture (2007). Drawings of hares within cylindrical shapes. Morphological drawing with a post-it on top with the inscription '1200 DPI, that leaf". Casting plans for Nijinski Hare. Word plays and drawings of bells.

Notes to 'Mrs Hori' (10 November 1991) regarding the unveiling of sculptures in Osaka, Japan. Note to 'Toshio' regarding visit to Japan and to 'Mr Yamamoto' regarding his gallery in Japan. Note to 'Liam' (20 November 1991) regarding photographs in Japan. Letter from Rick Henschel Design, New York, USA (22 June 1995).

Reminiscence over previous light installations. Costing for the export of sculptures. Various different notes of personal and installation matters.